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The movie is not as clever as it thinks it is. Sure, the dreams within dreams within dreams are spectacularly rendered, but to end the entire 2-1/2-hour movie on "it could be a dream or it could be reality" is rather obvious.
You've obviously either failed to read my previous post or just decided to ignore it. Nolan did not leave it like that.
To keep it simply, the damn thing wobbled. If he's tricked himself into a dream, he's still happy.
Let's move on.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/plato-pop/201111/inception-and-philosophy-did-the-spinning-top-fall
*WARNING: DO NOT READ IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A HEADACHE*
:)) This movie has messed my head up so much, and I can say that Inception beats out The Big Sleep as far as convoluted plots go, and that is considering that none of the screenwriters for that film even knew how the hell the victim of the case died!
I just wish more of my friends around here were die-hard Bond fans like I am. Such a wasted art on so many people around here; it's disgusting.
Having read Vengeance Of Bane and Knightfall before, I decided to reread it as preparation work for TDKR. I really want to see the character of Bane be given the proper treatment this time.
I thought parts of Batman Begins were funny. Like the bit where he says "I don't need protection" and the guard points at the beaten up criminals and says "for them!"
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/11/skyfall-dark-knight/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/19/skyfall-was-influenced-by-the-dark-knight
I've watch Skyfall and notice the Dark Knight comparison (Silva is like the 007 version of The Joker). Sam Mendes has said the Dark Knight heavily influenced Skyfall.
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a431894/skyfall-influenced-by-the-dark-knight-says-sam-mendes.html
So Skyfall is sort of the closest thing to a Christopher Nolan's James Bond (just like From Russia With Love was heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, and give us an idea what a James Bond film would look like if directed by Alfred Hitchcock). Also, the producers had said they want to have Christopher Nolan to direct Bond film in the future.
http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a433438/christopher-nolan-as-bond-director-would-be-a-dream-says-producer.html
and Chris Nolan said he wants to direct James Bond, so there you go, Batman help reboot James Bond and Skyfall gave us a Nolan-esque James Bond, and the producers said they want Nolan to direct James Bond in the future
I would say what's the harm. Skyfall is 007 version of The Dark Knight, and Skyfall showed us a Nolan-style Bond. So if Chris Nolan wants to direct Bond (and the producers want it), let him. I'm sure he'll keep Daniel Craig as Bond and the rest of the cast (Harris as Moneypenny, Withshaw as Q, etc..). But I would love to see Marion Cotillard as a Bond girl, and maybe the bad guy should be play well maybe Christian Bale, Leonardo Dicaprio, or Mark Strong could play the bad guy, I wonder if they can get Cillian Murphy to play the henchman. Also I would like to hear Han Zimmer's version of the James Bond theme (the theme was covered many time, I don't see how Zimmer's version would be any different).
If Skyfall had been directed by Chris Nolan, I could imagine the cast would differ from your. I don't think Joseph Gordon Levitt would fit as Felix.
-Aaron Eckhart would probably fit more as Felix Leiter.
-Marion Cotillard as Sévérine
-Cillian Murphy as Q (instead of Whishaw)
-Michael Caine or Gary Oldman as M
Javier Bardem would still be Raoul Silva regardless (unless Heath Ledger was still alive and could play as something equivalent to Silva, and make the character as psychotic as Joker). Naomie Harris would still be Moneypenny (I don't think Ellen Page would fit, Emily Blunt or Hayley Atwell would be a good alternative Moneypenny). Rory Kinnear would still be Tanner regardless.
No they shouldn't. I think every film has it's place in the series and they should move forward instead of remaking past films. And I think the producers would agree with me. They can use stuff they didn't use in past book adaptions in new films.
Sorry to anyone who's a Fleming purist but as much as you might hate the 70s films don't expect a faithful to the book remake of MR or TMWTGG any time soon.
There have been good and bad films in the series, some good based on the books, some bad based on the books, some good original films, some bad original films.
They can use stuff they haven't used from the books in new films. I think remaking past films is a stupid idea, and chances are it will never happen.
Last time I checked based on meant the same as adaption.
There's no need to remake Bond films, and it won't happen. So no matter how much you might hate Moore's films or the later Connerys you're stuck with the films we got.
About SF being inspired by Nolan's films? Nolan's films have basically been his take on Bond films! I love Nolan's work, he's one of my favourite directors nowadays, but it always bothers me that he keeps casting the same people over and over in his films.
For some reason EON don't seem to like big directors, before it was Speilberg, now it's Nolan. Nolan could make a great Bond film.
I'm not familiar with Ernest Lehman, but many Bond fans have acknowledged that From Russia with Love had a lot of Hitchock style motif:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchcockian
From Russia with Love had these like Hitchcock:
The Cool blonde: Tatiana is one of them
Tension building through suspense to the point where the audience enjoys seeing the character in a life-threatening situation : We had seen this several time in FRWL.
Use of darkness to symbolise impending doom: Yep saw that too
Strong visual use of famous landmarks: The Orient express (if famous train count), and Hagia Sophia, and Venice.
Mistaken identity: Bond didn't know Nash was Red Grant.
Characters who switch sides or who cannot be trusted: Bond didn't trust Tatiana at several point, and Tatiana at the end killed Rosa Klebb, her boss.
Use of a macguffin or plot device that remains unexplained: The Lektor.
I would sooner have Spielberg do a Bond film as he would achieve a better balance between light and dark. His Indiana Jones is super brilliant and in a way rivals Bond. And I am aware, it is his tribute to Bond. The irony of Sean Connery playing Indiana's dad is not lost on me.
And I think Harrison Ford would be an American actor that would be the perfect Bond had they cast him years ago. He is the exception to the rule that Bond has to be British actor played. The man is coolness personified.
Characters switching sides can be attributed to most wartime thrillers and again it isn't exclusively a Hitchcock trait but I can see a connection nevertheless. Darkness being used as a motif is not solely confined to Hitchcock and could be found in most thrillers of that period. Funny, I always thought the colour red was associated more with impending doom which Hitchcock used reservedly in his movies more so than shadows or night time? I know there's been countless books written that can go into far greater detail than I can afford to spend on the subject, but I do find some of the links rather tenuous in proving that FRWL is more down to Hitchcock than it is to the mighty pen of Fleming. Though I can see some attenuated examples I'm not wholly convinced that Hitchcock should get any credit for FRWL just because it features a train, a blonde, foreign locations and subterfuge. Maybe John Buchan had some influence but only a slight one. Basically, I see more connections that are incidental more so than influential - but I guess we see what we want to see.
PS. Ernest Lehman wrote North By Northwest.
Oh by the way, did you know Hitchcock was offered to direct James Bond film several time. Even Fleming wanted Hitchcock to direct a JB film, this was talk about on another topic:
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/176026#Comment_176026
Without North by Northwest, I guess From Russia with Love wouldn't have been a good attention grabber. FRWL was influenced by Hitchcock's North by Northwest (and some of his other film) and Skyfall did it again (using The Dark Knight as a major inspiration).